STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2300

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2399

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2399 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION:  AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to amend various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii pursuant to the statute revision program of the Legislative Reference Bureau under chapter 23G, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     All amendments are of a purely technical nature and correct errors, update references, clarify language, and delete obsolete or unnecessary language.  As is the case each year, the bill was reviewed by the Office of the Attorney General prior to introduction.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 2399 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair